They were the religious leaders...and the leaders of the church also...so they had God given power over the people...but really blind about it...and never really understood that Jesus Christ was the true Messiah.
Act 23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
They were the progressives of the day, willing to adopt new ideas and adapt the law to new situations.
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Scribes, Pharisees, Romans and the people
They were the Religious leaders of the church
Jesus appears to have felt considerable kinship with the Pharisees. He spent long hours in synagogues that were dominated by Pharisees, ate meals with Pharisees, and visited Pharisees in their homes. His arguments with Pharisees make up a significant part of the Gospels. The record of Jesus' arguments with the Pharisees in the Gospels and the record of arguments among the Pharisees in the Talmud suggest that Jesus's style of argument, vehemence and occasional name calling (hypocrites!) were typical Phariseeic behavior. It is quite likely that many Pharisees during Jesus' lifetime considered him to be a Pharisee. Most of what Jesus taught in the Gospels is in accordance with the teachings of the school of Rabbi Hillel -- the more humanist and less legalist school of Phariseeic thought.
Jesus was a Jew. A Christian is a person who follows Jesus. So Jesus could not be a Christian, because He wasn't following Himself.
The pharisees believed the messiah had not come.
AnswerThe Pharisees believed in the resurrection of the virtuous, at the end of time. What they did not believe was that Jesus was resurrected, nor that any of the pagan gods died and was resurrected.
The three different political parties in Jesus' time were the Pharisees, the Scribes, and the Sadducees. The Sadducees were less aggressive to Jesus until later on. The Pharisees, however, were more aggressive.
The Pharisees believed in the letter of the law. Jesus believed in the spirit of the law.
The Sadducees opposed Jesus, they were the Temple , priestly group. He was also opposed by some of the Pharisees who were the faction which represented the Lay folk.
They were jealous that Jesus spent time with the ordinary people. The scribes and Pharisees thought they were the spiritual people of that time. Again and again Jesus showed them that they were far from the truth. So they criticized Him and eventually had Jesus killed. But that was all part of God's plan.
kept them from believing in jesus and crucified jesus
The pharisees weren't real christians. They were just pretending. Jesus saw through their deciet and called them out on it. Therfore the pharisees hated Jesus. the disciples were Jesus's close followers so they hated them too. Hope this helps!